Suzanne's Polymer Clay Blog

I really want to sell these! They're very pretty and I feel confident in the quality of each set. I used a gold foil, alcohol ink, and purple foil, respectively. It's been a while since I felt like making earrings so it's fun to get something done. I now have so many earrings around the house that I have zero room to store them. The cool thing is that I will always be able to find a pair of earrings to wear 😅 ************** Fini.

My father in law died. He was a great man, and a wonderful patriarch of a huge family. His wife asked me to make earrings for her to wear at the memorial service, the night before we were getting in the car to drive to California. I have no time, I thought to myself. But the idea that she asked me to make them for her was enough for me to make the fastest pair of earrings I've ever made. Formed and baked that night, and finished the next morning. They came together perfectly, with no problems. I barely had time to photograph them before I put them in the bag for her. This blurry shot is all I have, unless I drive back to California and do a retake, lol. Made with complete love for her. It's been a very sad time, but also a joyous time. We celebrated a great man, a throw back to the old days when a man's word was good enough and church was where you spent every Sunday morning.  When we got home from California, I used the leftover clay and made some more earrings that I real...

  I adore sparkles. I adore the color purple. Therefore, I adore these sparkly purple earrings. Sometimes you just need to make something that makes you feel happy, when happy times are scarce. Fini.

💍I have a love for sparkles, especially on my earlobes. I think that must be why I prefer to wear sterling silver instead gold, rose gold, stainless steel. For the below earrings, I used the most perfect Sculpey Premo clay called "white gold glitter" and then used alcohol ink pens to add color and abstract designs to the slab before I used my flower cutter. I adore these so much that I made duplicates, something I rarely do. All told I think I made 6 pairs.  When I wear the flower shape I get the most compliments. It doesn't matter what color they are or what design is on them. 🌺 I’ve also been working very hard on learning to make fabulous post earrings. Here are some black post earrings, in honor of my friend Amy, who dearly loves the color black, but who never, ever wears jewelry! Maybe this jewelry line can be called "Amy's Black". ❤       My black cats are lucky, despite what you might think! A little bit of mica powder on the hearts on the right gi...

 More hearts. My favorite shape. Something is very satisfying about the shape of a heart. I think of hearts as being very feminine. Let me tell you, I am so grateful that I have a creative outlet. It sure helps me to take my mind off the stuff that bothers me.  Lately I have decided to try to tackle something that I do not do well, and that is making post earrings. I am challenged by post earrings. You have to put the post in the exact, right spot so it hugs the ear correctly. It's pretty difficult to practice on myself because the woman who pierced my ears did not do them perfectly! They are crooked. Therefore, I rarely wear posts because one earring is always higher than the other. 😣 These pairs came out great! The blue ones have a shimmer of mica powder.      Just a polish on these pink posts. No sealing coat. Work in progress, as always. Fini.

The degree to which I love making Texas earrings astonishes me.       I just cannot stop making them. I love how recognizable the shape is. When I see that shape, I can taste sausage and cheese kolaches, Whataburger onion rings, tamales from a van on the side of the road, and good refried beans. I can feel saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico drying on my arms and warmth on my skin. I remember many days applying aloe vera to sunburns, playing kickball in 90 degree heat and humidity, and the constant sheen of summer sweat, even in my scalp. I know to avoid 610 and 59 in Houston at any time of the day and the purple jellyfish balloons on a Texas beach. I miss crawfish boils (I've been to many) and  quinceañera  parties (even though I've only been to one). I miss seeing Texas flags everywhere, cowboy hats and cowboy boots. I suppose I will always be a Texas girl, through and through, to my core. I was made in Texas. I grew up in Texas. I will die in Texas (hopefu...

 It's like this - sometimes I make stuff I don't even like. 😬 ********** These, for instance. Sometimes I try a thing and the thing fails. Sculpey sent some tiny clay cutters to me as a bonus, and I thought, "They are too small for me to make post earrings with them, so maybe I use them to cut out a design in a bigger piece of clay".  Do you see a bird, a dinosaur, something else? Yeah, that's the problem. It's supposed to be a bird. Then there are these beauties. I used a color that I wouldn't use for a flower, much less a rose.  I uses flower mold like one of these: The good news was that I did a decent job using the mold to make the flower.  I like blue, but not this blue.   ::shudder:: Then there is this disaster: I mixed the clay colors, used a cutter for the shape, baked the clay, and then it broke when I was trying to add a brush-on sealant to it.   Now that makes me mad and breaking finished earrings almost made me pack up all my clay and...

I started making polymer clay earrings in February, 2021. I picked up this "covid" hobby because I had been watching a lot of TikToks by a woman who made beautiful earrings out of polymer clay. When I watched her videos I thought, "I can do that!"  Shortly after picking up this hobby my mom started having some issues and eventually she was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia. It has been a terrible year for our family. I have found that my hobby has become both an escape and a coping mechanism for me.  My mother is an artist who appreciates and lauds creativity. She has always been my biggest cheerleader and it is HARD to see her suffering from this disease. Every single pair of earrings I make, I make for her, in a way. She would LOVE THEM. Not just because her girl made them, but because she'd love that I am being creative and that I love what I am doing, and because she loves jewelry. She used to be the full package every time she walked out the door, decked ou...